September 30, 2014, Introduced by Senators WARREN, BIEDA, ANANICH and JONES and referred to the Committee on Families, Seniors and Human Services.
A bill to amend 1974 PA 258, entitled
"Mental health code,"
by amending section 208 (MCL 330.1208), as amended by 2012 PA 500.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 208. (1) Services provided by a community mental health
services program shall be directed to individuals who have a
serious mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, or
developmental disability.
(2) Services may be directed to individuals who have other
mental disorders that meet criteria specified in the most recent
diagnostic and statistical manual of mental health disorders
published by the American psychiatric association and may also be
directed to the prevention of mental disability and the promotion
of mental health. Resources that have been specifically designated
to community mental health services programs for services to
individuals with dementia, alcoholism, or substance use disorder or
for the prevention of mental disability and the promotion of mental
health shall be utilized for those specific purposes.
(3) Priority shall be given to the provision of services to
individuals with the most severe forms of serious mental illness,
serious emotional disturbance, and developmental disability.
Priority shall also be given to the provision of services to
individuals with a serious mental illness, serious emotional
disturbance, or developmental disability in urgent or emergency
situations. Priority shall also be given to the provision of
services to a veteran of the armed forces of the United States.
(4) An individual shall not be denied a service because an
individual who is financially liable is unable to pay for the
service.